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Storm damage reported from Tue. storms

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July 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Reports of storm damage are filtering-in this (Tuesday) afternoon. The most recent, a tree that fell on a power line across from 509 Spruce, in Massena, at around 12:30-p.m.  Massena Fire responded to the scene. A nearby home was not damaged.

Fallen tree in Massena Tue. afternoon. Photo courtesy Cass County Emergency Mgmt. Coordinator Mike Kennon.

Fallen tree in Massena Tue. afternoon. Photo courtesy Cass County Emergency Mgmt. Coordinator Mike Kennon.

At 12:20-p.m., thunderstorm winds were clocked by an automated weather system at 63-miles per hour four-miles north-northeast of Anita. Earlier, thunderstorm winds gusted to near 60-miles per hour as they pushed through Shelby County at around 11:25-a.m.  A tree fell on a car along Highway 59 just a few minutes later, one-mile north of Harlan. No injuries were reported. And, just before 11:30, a roof was lifted off of a barn in Irwin.